Taken literally about an hour ago.
The side entrance of the Mont Clare hotel on Clare St. Dublin 2.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuSrV9lxK-I
“Mom, you have to come in and see this. MOM.”
Unidentified “pulsating ball of energy” thing hovers over Dublin to the sweary amazement of what sounds like young members of a family gathered around a camera.
Certainly the f-bombs stop once mom enters the room at 3.45.
Uploaded to You Tube on August 25.
Taken today on the 13th floor of Dublin’s tallest building, the new Google Headquarters, The search people paid Nama €100 million for it.
Ha, Suckers.
Or are they?
Via Jennifer O’Connell
As long as someone in the family can knit.
Via Annie West via Ohlookitsbeige
The Manotaur
at
No seriously?
Anything else?
In another twist, Buncrana TD Padraig MacLochlainn has called on Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan to probe an alleged conflict of interest involving a member of An Bord Pleanála.
The Community for a Clean Estuary group says it believed there was a ‘conflict of interest’ in the decision, which overruled an inspector’s recommended refusal of permission for the scheme. It noted An Bord Pleanála member Conall Boland, formerly technical director of RPS Consultants [and the engineering firm behind the sewerage scheme], was a signatory to the approval.
Ah.
Do Or Die Tonight For Moville Campaign (Caomhinn Barr, Inishowen Independent)
Belgian photographer Anton Kusters spent two years with one of Japan’s most notorious and brutal Yakuza gangs, gaining their trust and capturing a series of incredible photos for his first book.
The (no doubt moderately pricy) limited edition of 500 soft cover tomes, printed on Japanese paper is sold out (many were presented to the yakuza featured in the photographs in order to open doors for a future film project by Kusters) but there’s a great gallery here.
Or you can flip through the pages here.
Taken literally at midday at the Gibson Hotel in the Point Village at the launch of The Voice, a new talent show fronted by Kathryn Thomas (who beat Grainne Seoige to the job), where the singers are blind not seen by the judges and chosen on vocal talent alone.
From the RTE press office:
Brought to you by RTÉ Television and Screentime ShinAwiL the series will be hosted by Kathryn Thomas and Eoghan McDermott. The final winner of The Voice of Ireland, will walk away with a recording contract with Universal Music.
Starting today, Screentime ShinAwiL are opening the application process – if you think you’ve got what it takes they want to hear from you by visiting here.
The Voice of Ireland will consist of three phases: a blind audition, a singing battle and the live
performance shows.